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quick to say yeah, let's follow the boehner thing. when you look at what boehner is saying about how to avoid the fiscal cliff he's not saying we're going to agree with president obama on anything yet right? >> not yet. at least publicly, he's just reheating the old romney proposal which is if you close deductions, that's where you get your revenue. not from letting the high end tax cuts expire. the high-end tax cuts expire. what obama had been campaigning on and what voters want overwhelmingly. so you know, the administration has actually been fairly optimistic about where boehner is and negotiating with boehner and negotiating maybe with some of the rank and file who are more likely to come to an agreement. maybe go into the senate. and doing this very publicly. they're meeting with a lot of groups with labor groups, with business groups and they've learned their lesson. this idea that in 2011 last year, they could just sit in a room with boehner, hatch out a deal and all would be done. clearly didn't work out very well. after the e
quick to say yeah, let's follow the boehner thing. when you look at what boehner is saying about how to avoid the fiscal cliff he's not saying we're going to agree with president obama on anything yet right? >> not yet. at least publicly, he's just reheating the old romney proposal which is if you close deductions, that's where you get your revenue. not from letting the high end tax cuts expire. the high-end tax cuts expire. what obama had been campaigning on and what voters want...
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it is just john boehner playing games to save his ass. he asked about fiscal cliff. the president went on and on, droning on and on, he spoke longer in response to the question about the fiscal cliff than he did about guns, period. then he goes to carol lee another good friend who has been in the studio with us. she asked about the fiscal cliff. then he goes to keira i forget her last name from politico. she asks about the fiscal cliff. at this point i was going crazy. i was going bonkers. get back to the issue of the day! let's get back to saving these kids! finally david jackson got it back to the fiscal cliff. but it just shows to me that the white house press corps is so -- so fond of navel-gazing. they can't get out of the beltway. they don't know what the freak is going on in the rest of the country or what people really care about. care about the wonky issues and the cheap, partisan political games that people play and that john boehner is playing with the fiscal cliff. i must admit i was disappointed not to mention jake tapper's impertinent and disrespectful
it is just john boehner playing games to save his ass. he asked about fiscal cliff. the president went on and on, droning on and on, he spoke longer in response to the question about the fiscal cliff than he did about guns, period. then he goes to carol lee another good friend who has been in the studio with us. she asked about the fiscal cliff. then he goes to keira i forget her last name from politico. she asks about the fiscal cliff. at this point i was going crazy. i was going bonkers. get...
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boehner won't do it. why won't boehner do it because boehner says that still says -- he's just dead ass wrong he still says that raising taxes on the wealthiest of americans on the 2% would cost -- would kill jobs and kill the economy and we know from the eight years under bill clinton proven just the opposite. in the eight years under george bush proven when you do give tax cuts to the rich, the economy doesn't soar, it sinks. president obama finally part of their campaign yesterday always very clever. obama operation. they came up with a way for all americans to be able to sound off on this issue. he noted that if the tax cuts on the middle class on the 98% do go up, middle class americans will pay $2,000 more in taxes every year. that means $2,000 out of your pocket so the president's asking people to tell members of congress what that -- what you could do with that $2,000. what that $2,000 would mean to you and they're sending -- asking people to send their stories to their member of congress. republi
boehner won't do it. why won't boehner do it because boehner says that still says -- he's just dead ass wrong he still says that raising taxes on the wealthiest of americans on the 2% would cost -- would kill jobs and kill the economy and we know from the eight years under bill clinton proven just the opposite. in the eight years under george bush proven when you do give tax cuts to the rich, the economy doesn't soar, it sinks. president obama finally part of their campaign yesterday always...
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boehner, why are you representing the 2% and not just the 98%. lots and lots to talk about here this morning. and you'll want to get into the conversation, we know, and you can do so, give us a call at 1-866-55-press. follow us on twitter and talk to us on twitter at bpshow. or on facebook. facebook.com/billpressshow. our team here, entire team, phil backert has the phones. >> go ahead. >> bill: peter ogborn and dan henning. it was a tough lunch yesterday. >> still a little foggy. i've never seen you drink so many martinis. >> bill: well, they're good at the palm. so i just tell them to make a pitcher. [ laughter ] >> bill: i was well-behaved compared to cyprian. cyprian is our videographer here. he slept from noon yesterday until what? i think 4:00 this morning. >> he just woke up. he looks terrible this morning. >> bill: poor guy. he can't even speak to defend himself. >> i've never seen anybody mix cocktails the way he did. he put a little bit of everything behind the bar. rum, tequila vodka tomato juice and pineapple juice. >> bill: it beats
boehner, why are you representing the 2% and not just the 98%. lots and lots to talk about here this morning. and you'll want to get into the conversation, we know, and you can do so, give us a call at 1-866-55-press. follow us on twitter and talk to us on twitter at bpshow. or on facebook. facebook.com/billpressshow. our team here, entire team, phil backert has the phones. >> go ahead. >> bill: peter ogborn and dan henning. it was a tough lunch yesterday. >> still a little...
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second, he's rejecting the john boehner approach which is boehner saying i'll agree to revenues as long as they come as a result of economic growth. in other words, we won't legislate changes in taxes. we'll hope that revenues go up. he's saying no, that won't work for me. you're not going to legislate spending cuts. this is the president talking. not legislate revenue changes as well. >> bill: all right. so there are -- the most immediate decision maybe facing the congress is that as you point out, all of the bush tax cuts expire. which means not only the taxes -- tax cuts for the wealthy expire, the tax cuts for those making under $250,000 a year expire as well. so the president said friday all right, the senate has already passed a bill which would give extended tax cutless for the 98%, those making under $250,000. but let the ones for the wealthier people and defined as over $250,000 expire. and he challenged the house of representatives to pass that. what do you think -- so this is a real -- to me, this is like they've got the gun to their head. are you going to pass the tax cut fo
second, he's rejecting the john boehner approach which is boehner saying i'll agree to revenues as long as they come as a result of economic growth. in other words, we won't legislate changes in taxes. we'll hope that revenues go up. he's saying no, that won't work for me. you're not going to legislate spending cuts. this is the president talking. not legislate revenue changes as well. >> bill: all right. so there are -- the most immediate decision maybe facing the congress is that as you...
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the right wants more from boehner. >> they don't like the job he's doing. they want bolder, more aggressive leadership from the boehner. >> more orange leadership. >> yes. >> more orange. >> the boehner from yesterday. >> the next two years could be the most sequential two years than we have seen in the last 50 or 60 years. it is a line in the sand because washington has kinged the can down the road, kicked the can down the road and the american people think we're crazy. >> they think you're crazy. >> stephanie: you're the can they're going to kick down the road. >> the right wants more from boehner. passing the budget is a start but it is hardly enough. republicans should be touting their proposed overhaul of medicare and medicaid. >> passing more bills to show their plan to deal with the nation's crumbling entitlement system is more responsible than obama's. we want to play to win. >> stephanie: conservatives privately griping about having to vote an extension of student loan rates. they don't want to have to do anything for anybody other than their top 1
the right wants more from boehner. >> they don't like the job he's doing. they want bolder, more aggressive leadership from the boehner. >> more orange leadership. >> yes. >> more orange. >> the boehner from yesterday. >> the next two years could be the most sequential two years than we have seen in the last 50 or 60 years. it is a line in the sand because washington has kinged the can down the road, kicked the can down the road and the american people think...
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boehner was trapped in a box that was tight. he since the battle rages on for the soul of the right. but perhaps we shouldn't rub our hands until it's over, for the last map standing in fact, might be named grover. [ ♪ music ♪ ] >> jennifer: earlier today emotion came to the senate floor to ratified a treaty on the disabled. it's modeled on the landmark of merges withamericans . he claimed u.s. sovereignty so the tea party is now in from its right flank. it's not just about the united nations. 24 hours an speaker john boehner put a budget offer on the table the tea party is threatening to throw him over board. what is his great plan? raising revenues--aah. the details are pretty vague, but we know his plan would raise $800 billion in revenue closing some unnamed loopholes while sparing the top earners from any more taxes. tea partyers object to raising any revenue at all. on the other side the president is not pleased with boehner's plan because he said there would be no deal without higher tax rates for the wealthy. >> obam
boehner was trapped in a box that was tight. he since the battle rages on for the soul of the right. but perhaps we shouldn't rub our hands until it's over, for the last map standing in fact, might be named grover. [ ♪ music ♪ ] >> jennifer: earlier today emotion came to the senate floor to ratified a treaty on the disabled. it's modeled on the landmark of merges withamericans . he claimed u.s. sovereignty so the tea party is now in from its right flank. it's not just about the united...
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john boehner has actually offered to allow tax rates to rise for incomes over $1 million. of course, president obama wants incomes to rise for over $250,000. they're probably going to meet somewhere in the latest. the latest obama offer is now allowing rates to rise for incomes over $400,000 so we're moving toward a middle here. on the -- >> bill: can i just stop you right there. >> sure. >> bill: so the question though is the higher you move that up, the less revenue you get. >> of course. >> bill: so at $400,000, are we still close to the amount of revenue needed? >> yeah. they're still talking about the final compromise, the amount of revenue will come out to be somewhere around $1 trillion over the next ten years. which is slightly lower than what the president had asked for but then again significantly higher than the republican opening bid. >> bill: president said -- >> 1.6 and they started coming down to 1.4. and i would expect the final number to be about $1.2 trillion. >> bill: on the spending cuts? >> on the spending cuts, it looks like democrats -- president oba
john boehner has actually offered to allow tax rates to rise for incomes over $1 million. of course, president obama wants incomes to rise for over $250,000. they're probably going to meet somewhere in the latest. the latest obama offer is now allowing rates to rise for incomes over $400,000 so we're moving toward a middle here. on the -- >> bill: can i just stop you right there. >> sure. >> bill: so the question though is the higher you move that up, the less revenue you get....
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john boehner. who probably now has earned the titles of the worst speaker certainly in our lifetime if not the worst speaker ever in the history of the house of representatives. the guy is just a totals total loser. look. here is where things stand. right? it's not complicated. president obama, we've got this big debt crisis. president obama, two things -- number 1, months ago, he put out a detailed plan. it's in print, and it's online, of how to resolve this fiscal crisis. no. 2, the republicans said we are not going to deal with it. we will take seven weeks off. we will have an election and let the people decide. president obama went out in front of the american people. there was one issue, the central issue. it wasn't the war in iraq iran's nuclear possibility of iran getting nuclear weapons it wasn't peace in the middle east. it wasn't immigration reform. the number 1 was issue was president obama said very clear, we want the wealthiest two percents of americans to pay more in tax after having
john boehner. who probably now has earned the titles of the worst speaker certainly in our lifetime if not the worst speaker ever in the history of the house of representatives. the guy is just a totals total loser. look. here is where things stand. right? it's not complicated. president obama, we've got this big debt crisis. president obama, two things -- number 1, months ago, he put out a detailed plan. it's in print, and it's online, of how to resolve this fiscal crisis. no. 2, the...
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now speaker boehner should come forward. the speaker said we should do this in a transparent way, open this all to the public. mr. speaker, let's see your revenue tax plan, because so far it's not clear to me exactly what he is proposing. i don't know if is simply saying what republicans have said in the past that some how if you reduce rates on high income earners you're going to get this magical growth that pays for itself and doesn't increase the deficit. but we know that's not true. he needs to come forward and be as transparent as he said we all should be. what is his plan? >> eliot: that's the pressure that needs to be brought to bear on john boehner. the president could say okay, mr. speaker, you don't want to raise the marginal rate. here's the five loopholes that we're going to close that will get us the revenue we need, and the first one is the capital gains rate. we'll eliminate the different actual that is one essential piece. is that what you want to do? i would like to see boehner smoked out of the ambiguity th
now speaker boehner should come forward. the speaker said we should do this in a transparent way, open this all to the public. mr. speaker, let's see your revenue tax plan, because so far it's not clear to me exactly what he is proposing. i don't know if is simply saying what republicans have said in the past that some how if you reduce rates on high income earners you're going to get this magical growth that pays for itself and doesn't increase the deficit. but we know that's not true. he...
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house speaker john boehner, for instance, is outraged just listen to him last april talking about the impending fight over women's health. >> this is a war on women entirely created by my colleagues across the aisle for political gain. >> eliot: you can't blame the man. no one likes to be told that they're waging hostilities against half the population, some might say the better half. if republicans don't want us to think that there is a war why oh why do they keep attacking. in mississippi where the state's only remaining abortion clinic was barely allowed to stay open today. a federal judge extended a temporary order that keeps open the jackson women's health organization. mississippi said that the abortion providers must have certain requirement that they know cannot be done. just listen to mississippi representatives, lester carpenter as he bragged about the law to a g.o.p. meeting in alcorn county. this is the attitude about the damage that it might do to women. >> and of course there you have% the other side. well the poor pitiful woman that can't afford to go out of the state a
house speaker john boehner, for instance, is outraged just listen to him last april talking about the impending fight over women's health. >> this is a war on women entirely created by my colleagues across the aisle for political gain. >> eliot: you can't blame the man. no one likes to be told that they're waging hostilities against half the population, some might say the better half. if republicans don't want us to think that there is a war why oh why do they keep attacking. in...
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let's start with boehner. today he came out and gave the same stonewall answer that he always does, saying hey i want low taxes for the top 2%, i don't want to raise their taxes at all. what's amazing is how similar his language is to the same things he said back in 1993 dealing with president clinton. watch that. >> we republicans are rely gated to the sidelines even though we have a solid plan ready to go to reduce the deficit a plan with no tax increases and true cuts in government spending. >> the president still has not made an offer that meets those two standards but republicans have. >> president can talk about deficit reduction and spending cuts all he wants. the problem is that's not what his program's all about. >> while the president promise the american people a balanced approach his proposals have been anything but. >> clinton must understand that he has to cut spending for real. he has to reduce the deficit. for real. it's clear the president's just not serious about cutting spending. but spendin
let's start with boehner. today he came out and gave the same stonewall answer that he always does, saying hey i want low taxes for the top 2%, i don't want to raise their taxes at all. what's amazing is how similar his language is to the same things he said back in 1993 dealing with president clinton. watch that. >> we republicans are rely gated to the sidelines even though we have a solid plan ready to go to reduce the deficit a plan with no tax increases and true cuts in government...
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i've known john boehner for 21 years. he recognizes that the republicans also running for re-election said to their constituents "we will not raise your taxes. we will not do anything in this economic recession to make things worse "." raising the top two rates is going to hit the job creators and i think what john boehner has said, he said this the day after the election, governor, he said we recognize that the elections have consequences, the president won. republicans are willing to give the president most of what he wants, $800 billion somewhere around a trillion of additional revenue. how do we get there. the president wants to increase tax on the wealthy. republicans want to close loopholes. i think we're a lot closer than the president and congressional republicans would lead you to believe. it is a question of how do we get there. >> jennifer: don't you think ron, if they close loopholes now, then they're not going to be able to lower the corporate tax rate -- it depends on which loopholes you close whether person
i've known john boehner for 21 years. he recognizes that the republicans also running for re-election said to their constituents "we will not raise your taxes. we will not do anything in this economic recession to make things worse "." raising the top two rates is going to hit the job creators and i think what john boehner has said, he said this the day after the election, governor, he said we recognize that the elections have consequences, the president won. republicans are...
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>> eliot: we have not seen john boehner cry recently. i'm sure we will when his repeal obama-care is not passed by the senate. politicaller donors, why don't they say who they are. that's next. mix. >>now it's your turn at the only online forum with a direct line to eliot spitzer. >>join the debate now. and who doesn't want 50% more cash? ugh, the baby. huh! and then the baby bear said "i want 50% more cash in my bed!" phhht! 50% more cash is good ri... what's that. ♪ ♪ you can spell. [ male announcer ] the capital one cash rewards card. the card for people who want 50% more cash. what's in your wallet? ha ha. ♪ ♪ view sunlight is the best disinfectant. that's the guiding principle behind the disclose act. democratic-sponsored legislation that would require organizations like super pacs, labor unions and corporations spending over $10,000 in an election cycle to report the identities of their deep-pocketed donors under the federal election commission within 24 hours. under current law hundreds of millions of dollars have been fun
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and then the ad with the speech in tampa talking about debt and then boehner. there is a political coordinated effort. but when it comes down to doing the work with extending the debt ceiling or saying that we're not going to raise the debt ceiling then you'll see people fall by the way side. it's a perfect opportunity for people to do that, too. >> you think it was a political advantage for the democrats last time around. should the president say, all right, tim get tim geithner will-- >> it won't be before the election. there are too many triggers that could happen that would prevent the debt cereal going let me jump in on that. president obama has been jonessing to do the grand bargain the entire first term. >> yes. >> and has great documentation to back that up, reporting from the white house, etc., etc. so is there any chance that he thinks we'll be before the election when i do this magical awesome thing that people in washington love but people hate because it cuts social security and medicare. >> he will not go for spending cuts before the election. par
and then the ad with the speech in tampa talking about debt and then boehner. there is a political coordinated effort. but when it comes down to doing the work with extending the debt ceiling or saying that we're not going to raise the debt ceiling then you'll see people fall by the way side. it's a perfect opportunity for people to do that, too. >> you think it was a political advantage for the democrats last time around. should the president say, all right, tim get tim geithner will--...
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for boehner that was a deal breaker. [ ♪ theme music ♪ ] >> cenk: all right, we're back on "the young turks"." last night joe biden gave a speech about how president obama had a spine of steel! i got to be honest with you i wasn't buying it. there were good parts to biden's speech and there were a lot of things i liked about the democratic convention, but this steely courage did not ring true to me given how he has acted and reacted during negotiations with republicans. now there is a new book about that by bob woodward. he sat down with diane sawyer, and they'll air the entire interview on monday. but here is one piece of it. >> after president obama and john boehner secretly tried to agree to the debt. the stakes were higher than anybody remained. >> you talk about 44 days that were the equivalent, the financial equivalent to the cuban missile crisis. >> it was so serious they couldn't tell the world how bad it was at the time. >> woodward writes the two men were astonishingly close to actually getting it done. a m
for boehner that was a deal breaker. [ ♪ theme music ♪ ] >> cenk: all right, we're back on "the young turks"." last night joe biden gave a speech about how president obama had a spine of steel! i got to be honest with you i wasn't buying it. there were good parts to biden's speech and there were a lot of things i liked about the democratic convention, but this steely courage did not ring true to me given how he has acted and reacted during negotiations with republicans....
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boehner -- >> suckle me flabbergasted. [mumbling] >> stephanie: boehner described negotiations as going nowhere, period and there is a chance the nation will go over the fiscal cliff. if you're driving it is. >> boehner was -- geithner was more optimistic. he doesn't expect a counter offer right away as they work to sort out tensions within the party. yeah that's the thing. now we need to wait until they finish having their argument among themselves. he and his tea party caucus. [ whatever! ] >> stephanie: and then get back to us. he said all that's blocking is republicans reluctance to accept higher taxes on the wealthy. revenues will have to go up. they haven't told us anything about who should pay higher taxes. so you can't negotiate with somebody who's not offering any -- >> details. >> stephanie: yes. thank you. all right. the president. >> obama: if congress does nothing, every family in america will see their income taxes automatically go up on january 1st. every family. everybody here, you'll see the taxes go up on
boehner -- >> suckle me flabbergasted. [mumbling] >> stephanie: boehner described negotiations as going nowhere, period and there is a chance the nation will go over the fiscal cliff. if you're driving it is. >> boehner was -- geithner was more optimistic. he doesn't expect a counter offer right away as they work to sort out tensions within the party. yeah that's the thing. now we need to wait until they finish having their argument among themselves. he and his tea party...
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for boehner that was a deal breaker. he wasn't going to get a damn dime more out of me, boehner told woodward. he knew how far out on a limb i was. at that point boehner did not even bother returning the president's calls, instead telling the reporters that the talks were over. only then calling the president back. i was angry. there's no doubt that i thought it was profoundly irresponsible at that stage to not call me back immediately and let me know what is going on. the talks reflected badly on every, especially the president. it was increasingly clear that no one was running washington. that was trouble for every but especially for obama. >> cenk: yeah well it's funny. i don't agree with that interpretation either. there's a lot that i blame the president for but the guy who broke down negotiates was calling the president back when he called you three times in one day that's enormously disrespectful and totally unacceptable. forget the disrespectful part to the office of the presidency, but its disrespectful to the p
for boehner that was a deal breaker. he wasn't going to get a damn dime more out of me, boehner told woodward. he knew how far out on a limb i was. at that point boehner did not even bother returning the president's calls, instead telling the reporters that the talks were over. only then calling the president back. i was angry. there's no doubt that i thought it was profoundly irresponsible at that stage to not call me back immediately and let me know what is going on. the talks reflected badly...
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please reach out to john boehner at speaker boehner on twitter. gracey saying why do republicans keep harping about entitlements. they're earned benefits. is it to satisfy some deep-seated sadistic need to starve people? allen says i have an idea! let's let speaker boehner live on my paycheck for a month. i bring home $480 every two weeks after taxes. and damian says he reached out to speaker boehner on twitter and said i told him he was wrong and bill, speaker boehner started crying. he's very sad. >> bill: i guess -- we've been asking everybody to get in touch with this office and tell them to lead or get out of the way. lead or resign because he's showing no leadership by sticking to the same old tired arguments that they were -- that we heard before november 6th. but i guess we should have warned people that -- expect him to break down. >> feelings may get hurt. >> emotional guy. >> bill: you know where he was last night man. he might be total anti-obama, unwilling to compromise, not willing to even recognize there was an election but he was a
please reach out to john boehner at speaker boehner on twitter. gracey saying why do republicans keep harping about entitlements. they're earned benefits. is it to satisfy some deep-seated sadistic need to starve people? allen says i have an idea! let's let speaker boehner live on my paycheck for a month. i bring home $480 every two weeks after taxes. and damian says he reached out to speaker boehner on twitter and said i told him he was wrong and bill, speaker boehner started crying. he's very...
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> eliot: we have not seen john boehner cry recently. i'm sure we will when his repeal obama-care is not passed by the if you missed joy behar one week only... >>hey, time flies when you're having fun. >>don't worry because she'll be back. >>where are the lefties besides on current tv? >>joy behar is getting her own show coming to current tv this fall. take the gamble out of stain removal. only resolve all-stains has two formula chambers to remove all types of stains. using shout or oxiclean? that's just playing the odds. don't chance it, resolve it. see a resolve difference [ beads rattling ] [ male announcer ] spearmint that tingles as you chew. stimulate your senses. 5 gum. now in micro pack. of sununu, you're wrong. mitt romney, you're wrong. we need more teachers, not fewer teachers and more cops and more firefighters that support our hey joe? yeah? is this a bad time? no, i can talk. great -- it's the 9th inning and your hair still looks amazing. well, it starts with a healthy scalp. that's why i use head and shoulders for men. the
> eliot: we have not seen john boehner cry recently. i'm sure we will when his repeal obama-care is not passed by the if you missed joy behar one week only... >>hey, time flies when you're having fun. >>don't worry because she'll be back. >>where are the lefties besides on current tv? >>joy behar is getting her own show coming to current tv this fall. take the gamble out of stain removal. only resolve all-stains has two formula chambers to remove all types of stains....
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david, john boehner saidpom -- boehner said the president was manufacturing a difference between republicans and democrats on this issue. the president has been out there putting a lot of pressure. what's going on? >> last week was student loan week. it's a deal where in 2007, a low heist interest student loan program and it's due to expire on july 1st. so it's kind of like the newp cut. breast rates for student loans will go up. president obama decided to make this a big issue and visited three college campuses last week. whipped up excitement telling people, tell congress to renew this program or your loan raids will go up republicans said they were more than happy to do that but they wanted offsetting budget cuts. it was a discussion about how to pay for the extension of the student loan program. sol boehner is basically saying we agree with him but we are just looking to do it a different way. >> as jay carney pointed out, they had voted for the ryan budget. >> right. >> which raises the interest rates back up to 6.8%. >> there was nothing on this that you could post and pass something.
david, john boehner saidpom -- boehner said the president was manufacturing a difference between republicans and democrats on this issue. the president has been out there putting a lot of pressure. what's going on? >> last week was student loan week. it's a deal where in 2007, a low heist interest student loan program and it's due to expire on july 1st. so it's kind of like the newp cut. breast rates for student loans will go up. president obama decided to make this a big issue and...
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he is not the guy in control of the senate where boehner holds sway. to criticize the president on this issue gets away from the issue. that's the fact that boehner has a coalition in his government that he really can't control. >> jennifer: very quickly, i want to get your prediction. first, romney wins the white house and everything else stays the same, do they get a deal on the fiscal cliff on lame duck. >> i think they do mainly because president obama will have leverage-- >> jennifer: my first scenario was that romney wins. >> peg your pardon. i was thinking the unthinkable. it looks like a long shot given what romney did? >> jennifer: yes. >> if romney is elected president, there is incentive although they may walk it back to get romney a chance to get on the budget. >> jennifer: and if the status quo stays the same, and president obama wins. >> their position would be repudiated by the voters, they don't want to get blamed for driving the economy off the fiscal cliff. >> jennifer: i totally agree with you on that. that is joe williams, prognosti
he is not the guy in control of the senate where boehner holds sway. to criticize the president on this issue gets away from the issue. that's the fact that boehner has a coalition in his government that he really can't control. >> jennifer: very quickly, i want to get your prediction. first, romney wins the white house and everything else stays the same, do they get a deal on the fiscal cliff on lame duck. >> i think they do mainly because president obama will have leverage--...
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john boehner will make a commitment to the president that he can't keep. he'll go back to his caucus and they won't want to do it and then he'll have to break his word to the president again. >> tom cole. >> sound byte: in my view we all agree we're not going to raise taxes on people who are making less than $250,000. we should take them out of the discussion right now. >> we should definitely take them out of the discussion that no one is having. it was the president who said, oh five, eight years now no tax increase on people making money over $250,000--under. >> stephanie: boner is standing for tax rates for those that go over. they think that's their main bargaining chip. he said some republicans on the hill operating tax cuts for the highest earners for everyone else. cole believes the reverse is true. i think we have the winning argument--no. many believe raising taxes is costing jobs. they don't get what the elections said. >> most people voteed for the president of the united states. >> by a large margin. >> stephanie: except the moral victory by r
john boehner will make a commitment to the president that he can't keep. he'll go back to his caucus and they won't want to do it and then he'll have to break his word to the president again. >> tom cole. >> sound byte: in my view we all agree we're not going to raise taxes on people who are making less than $250,000. we should take them out of the discussion right now. >> we should definitely take them out of the discussion that no one is having. it was the president who...
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and again, frankly -- >> boehner and obama. >> obama and boehner. it wasn't one democrats were all that keen on but nonetheless, it was a deal. but when boehner went to his caucus, they pulled the proverbial rug out from underneath him. the rest is history. they took the nation to the precipice of default and, of course, the market ratings went down and we ended up with the artificial committee and solutions and sec questration which we are dealing with currently. this has been a tact of this group, which is kind of hard to understand unless you understand history. washington interestingly enough warned about this, in his fair farewell address respected the fact that there were federalists, anti-federalists, understood there was the agrar aagrarian south but it was a dynamic that was working that they could work toward compromise on ins and did. however, what washington warned about, he said the most dang dangerous thing, however, with parties is that when a party is at war with its own government and what we have in washington is a party at war wit
and again, frankly -- >> boehner and obama. >> obama and boehner. it wasn't one democrats were all that keen on but nonetheless, it was a deal. but when boehner went to his caucus, they pulled the proverbial rug out from underneath him. the rest is history. they took the nation to the precipice of default and, of course, the market ratings went down and we ended up with the artificial committee and solutions and sec questration which we are dealing with currently. this has been a...
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after what boehner's republicans in the house did to him. here is how he explained it. >> now despite all of this i wasn't going to make a deal. despite everything they put him through, i was willing to hold fast but they all changed on thursday. because on thursday this man, this grown man was pushed into the congressional ladies' wash room naked from the waist down. they held me down and took my pants. >> they held down and took his pants. and he had to stand there in front of his female colleagues. one hand covering his genitals the other trying to cover his butt crack. neither hand succeeding. >> bill: to hear that in the obama voice is perfect >> bill: to picture john boehner in that embarrassing position. i don't know. >> it's just plausible enough. >> bill: it is. the only thing that is unbelievable about that is that there is a ladies' restroom. there may be one. right? in the entire building. >> it's impossible to find. >> bill: we have heard a lot of complaints about that. i hope congress has made some adams now that there are more
after what boehner's republicans in the house did to him. here is how he explained it. >> now despite all of this i wasn't going to make a deal. despite everything they put him through, i was willing to hold fast but they all changed on thursday. because on thursday this man, this grown man was pushed into the congressional ladies' wash room naked from the waist down. they held me down and took my pants. >> they held down and took his pants. and he had to stand there in front of his...
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i don't think john boehner understands what compromise means. the president reduced the income from $12.2 billion, and boehner responded with the exact same proposal. >> it's not a compromise. in fact i would say that republicans don't want taxes to go up on the middle class, so why aren't we reaching an agreement? the only reason we are now is if republicans are too stubborn to reach a compromise. >> stephanie: right. boehner is pressing towards increase in the medicare eligibility age,. again it americans don't want that. where do we go from here with this? it feels as usual just completely stalled. >> i believe a deal will be made. they'll extend the middle class tax cuts or all tax cuts will expire. does anybody really believe that republicans will vote against a tax cut for 9 #% of americans. >> stephanie: i agree with you. obviously your colleague and some others are also talking about the fact -- i have an increasing concern that the speaker is trying to string this out until january 3rd, because that's when he would be reelected speaker.
i don't think john boehner understands what compromise means. the president reduced the income from $12.2 billion, and boehner responded with the exact same proposal. >> it's not a compromise. in fact i would say that republicans don't want taxes to go up on the middle class, so why aren't we reaching an agreement? the only reason we are now is if republicans are too stubborn to reach a compromise. >> stephanie: right. boehner is pressing towards increase in the medicare eligibility...
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in a couple of days where the focus has been healthcare and mitt romney is stuck with mcconnell and boehner on one side and barack obama and he said get me out of this miss. he's a smart guy. friday jobs come out. can president obama survive a sequence of months with sub 100,000 private sector jobs created. >> it looks bad and it will get worse. europe will drag the rest of us off that cliff if we're not careful, and maybe there's nothing we can do about it. it will get worse. the republicans have essentially nominateed a spectacularly weak candidate. the only argument he can give us is hey i come from the private sector and i managed these companies really well. obama's argument is well managing a company like bain capital isn't anything like being president of the united states. whether obama can pull this off? it's anyone's guess. romney does very a very good shot at taking it if the economy gets worse. >> eliot: in the pit of my stomach i'm worried in a sequence of months we'll have 80,000 jobs and the unemployment creeps to 8.3 or 8.4. and then romney who has been as devoid of ideas as
in a couple of days where the focus has been healthcare and mitt romney is stuck with mcconnell and boehner on one side and barack obama and he said get me out of this miss. he's a smart guy. friday jobs come out. can president obama survive a sequence of months with sub 100,000 private sector jobs created. >> it looks bad and it will get worse. europe will drag the rest of us off that cliff if we're not careful, and maybe there's nothing we can do about it. it will get worse. the...
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i got to believe that barack obama called john boehner into his office and said, the full government shutdown would include the tanning bed. >> eliot: boehner is looking-- >> he's wearing orange after day. >> eliot: not good fashion statement. the other kerfuffle of the convention was the amendment to the platform where i don't know how they count, but it didn't seem like the voices were the way that it was recorded. >> they took god the mission mention of god out of the platform. that was red meat on the base of the tea party. they came out never mind the fact that god doesn't appear in the constitution or bill of rights, very wisely they put god and jerusalem, that was left out, back in. and even more wisely, that it was president obama himself who was so outraged that god was taken out and he demanded it, and in a day the scandal was dead. >> eliot: and his speech, his quotes to scripture and mention of faith were powerful and evoke evocative. >> he's a muslim with a bad christian pastor. >> eliot: that's what i was grasping at. >> yeah look, if you're on the right you you can wor
i got to believe that barack obama called john boehner into his office and said, the full government shutdown would include the tanning bed. >> eliot: boehner is looking-- >> he's wearing orange after day. >> eliot: not good fashion statement. the other kerfuffle of the convention was the amendment to the platform where i don't know how they count, but it didn't seem like the voices were the way that it was recorded. >> they took god the mission mention of god out of the...
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but we don't really know what speaker boehner's words mean in terms of coming back. i do know that one thing we could do that would be very positive and very immediate would be to pass our farm bill which has $23 billion in deficit reduction in it. but i mean, we would like to do as much as we can. we've got a huge debt. we've got to address what needs to happen on tax reform as well. but we'll have to see. at this point i don't think we're fully going to know until next week when we come back. >> jennifer: you guys have a stronger hand so you should be able to get some of what you want. your message when you were running and your message has always been one of bipartisanship. do you think that we're going to see now, because you have a stronger hand, more bipartisan in the fiscal cliffs negotiations and going forward? >> you know, i think we will. we have to. i know in the senate, i think the big question is the house of representatives. but in the senate, we have colleagues that have been wanting to work together. you know, mitch mcconnell held people back saying j
but we don't really know what speaker boehner's words mean in terms of coming back. i do know that one thing we could do that would be very positive and very immediate would be to pass our farm bill which has $23 billion in deficit reduction in it. but i mean, we would like to do as much as we can. we've got a huge debt. we've got to address what needs to happen on tax reform as well. but we'll have to see. at this point i don't think we're fully going to know until next week when we come back....
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john boehner on face the nation yesterday, nora o'donnell filling in for bob schieffer, john boehner saying we don't care what the court did. we don't care if the court upheld it. we are still going to try to repeal it. john boehner: >> we are going to do it one more time. >> what's the point? >> we want to show people we are resolved to get rid of this. >> yeah. it doesn't mean anything. they can't do anything about it. but they are going to have one more meaningless symbolic vote just to show that we are serious. god. what a lose her. pat reece calling from oakland california. hi, pattries. >> hey, bill. >> you know,. >> justice roberts, i had a feeling it wasn'ted going to be overturned. i felt like him or maybe some other republican on the bench would have made the right decision because there were too many provisions in there had a actually helps people. however, i am a little skeptic about at a time moechz behind roberts doing it. but he did ift. i am glad he did do it. what i come to realize that this is basically a haitilex. >> that's what this is. >> uh-huh. >> it's a haitil
john boehner on face the nation yesterday, nora o'donnell filling in for bob schieffer, john boehner saying we don't care what the court did. we don't care if the court upheld it. we are still going to try to repeal it. john boehner: >> we are going to do it one more time. >> what's the point? >> we want to show people we are resolved to get rid of this. >> yeah. it doesn't mean anything. they can't do anything about it. but they are going to have one more meaningless...
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. >> eliot: that seems to be house speaker john boehner's attitude toward any tax hike at all. take a listen. >> raising tax rates is unacceptable and frankly it couldn't even pass the house. i'm not sure it could pass the senate. so the votes aren't there. what i did yesterday was lay out a reasonable, responsible way forward to avoid the fiscal cliff and that's through putting increased revenues on the table but through reforming our tax code. >> eliot: for more on the perils of the fiscal cliff and the choices before us, i'm joined by robert reich professor at u.c. berkeley's goldman school of public policy and author of "beyond outrage what has gone wrong with our economy and democracy and how to fix it." professor, thank you for joining us. >> good evening. >> eliot: seems to me the choice is one of jobs versus short-term deficits. which is the right choice and explain to us why this is such a critical juncture. >> well, jobs has to be the choice we make right now. it is a very critical juncture because if we fall for the idea that the deficit is the biggest problem we fac
. >> eliot: that seems to be house speaker john boehner's attitude toward any tax hike at all. take a listen. >> raising tax rates is unacceptable and frankly it couldn't even pass the house. i'm not sure it could pass the senate. so the votes aren't there. what i did yesterday was lay out a reasonable, responsible way forward to avoid the fiscal cliff and that's through putting increased revenues on the table but through reforming our tax code. >> eliot: for more on the...
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>> you can't take anything boehner says seriously at all. it's so win-win for the democrats on this. and i would like to see the president go off the cliff and let the republicans try to vote it down. >> stephanie: we posted a great article -- it was the best thing i have read about the l.a. times, where he said let's hold hands and walk down together. it's not that bad. all of the nobel prize winning economists asking george bush not to enact these policies in the first place. >> exactly right. this was used because bill clinton has a surplus. bush said let's give it away to rich people. where is the money? it's gone. we can't have these cuts anymore. >> stephanie: yeah. mitch mcconnell is up for reelection in 2014 rand pall not until 2016. >> yeah because mitch mcconnell would love to see rand paul gone. and they have already said they are going to open up their box of tricks against her. >> stephanie: rand paul is one of those tea party jerks that i can't wait to get rid of. and i think people forget how extreme he is. he said we had a co
>> you can't take anything boehner says seriously at all. it's so win-win for the democrats on this. and i would like to see the president go off the cliff and let the republicans try to vote it down. >> stephanie: we posted a great article -- it was the best thing i have read about the l.a. times, where he said let's hold hands and walk down together. it's not that bad. all of the nobel prize winning economists asking george bush not to enact these policies in the first place....
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boehner doesn't have any leverage. he lost the election. it's more important for the president to stick to his guns. we talked about this before. remember, i went to the holiday party and told them our listeners and viewers say, hold the line. he hasn't held the line. squeeze joey from chicago in here >> caller: here we go. this guy has never stood up for us. i don't know why they say don't worry. this guy never stood up for us once in the past four years. he is a joke. i can't believe it. my mom is on social security. she can't afford $5 taken from her. she needs every bit of that. people who make 250,000, 40 ol',000 can every day $10. >> bill: joe e you are absolute right. there are millions of americans on social security. every one of them will see their benefits cut under this deal the president is proposing. no way. >> this is "the bill press show." [ music ] like verse mortgage commercials? those types are coming on to me all the time now. >> she gets the comedians laughing... >> that's hilarious! >> ...and the thinkers thinking. >>
boehner doesn't have any leverage. he lost the election. it's more important for the president to stick to his guns. we talked about this before. remember, i went to the holiday party and told them our listeners and viewers say, hold the line. he hasn't held the line. squeeze joey from chicago in here >> caller: here we go. this guy has never stood up for us. i don't know why they say don't worry. this guy never stood up for us once in the past four years. he is a joke. i can't believe...
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we're going to impeach this president as well and then john boehner will be president so ha, ha ha. ha ha, ha to you frank. this scandal does not touch barack obama. he didn't know about it. he didn't do it. he had nothing to do with it. eric cantor knew about it. maybe we should impeach eric cantor. [ ♪ theme ♪ ] >> bill: good morning everybody. welcome to the "full court press." this wednesday morning november 14. oh, man. lots going on. congress back in session and trying to deal with the fiscal cliff. so is president obama. all anybody is talking about is all of the latest with the david petraeus sex scandal. think about it. two generals, two famous generals, two top generals, two women. you got politics involved. you got the military involved. you got maybe national security documents involved. i'm telling you, how long before we see the hollywood movie? which is going to be first? the book or the movie or the tv series? who knows. maybe all three. we'll get into that and a whole lot more here on our "full court press." we've got the ground covered for you from politics to
we're going to impeach this president as well and then john boehner will be president so ha, ha ha. ha ha, ha to you frank. this scandal does not touch barack obama. he didn't know about it. he didn't do it. he had nothing to do with it. eric cantor knew about it. maybe we should impeach eric cantor. [ ♪ theme ♪ ] >> bill: good morning everybody. welcome to the "full court press." this wednesday morning november 14. oh, man. lots going on. congress back in session and trying...
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john boehner is scheduled to vote next week to repeal yet again the affordable care act. so is this the way to go? let's start with the repeal. isn't this getting a little old? >> i think it is an asinine move. they don't ask me for a lot of advice from boehner's office but if the constitution handed the president a big victory on healthcare with an assist from john roberts the congressional republicans are handing him -- turning it into a big victory on jobs. because the fact is people want the country want our leaders focused on jobs and the economy. the president has had a jobs bill on congress's desk for over a year now and the president's now in a strong position to be able to say can we finally get to my jobs bill and the republican response is no, we want to keep litigating this healthcare fight that people are exhausted with. >> bill: it does seem to be getting tired julie. >> it does. >> bill: even some critics of president obama have said get off this thing! let's move on. >> mitch mcconnell said over the weekend he only needs 51 votess to repeal it in the senat
john boehner is scheduled to vote next week to repeal yet again the affordable care act. so is this the way to go? let's start with the repeal. isn't this getting a little old? >> i think it is an asinine move. they don't ask me for a lot of advice from boehner's office but if the constitution handed the president a big victory on healthcare with an assist from john roberts the congressional republicans are handing him -- turning it into a big victory on jobs. because the fact is people...
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i'll wash john boehner's car. i'll walk mitch mcconnell's dog. politically direct lineup. only on current tv. vote smart. our democracy depends on an informed electorate. [ ♪ theme music ♪ ] >> winds are getting rough. streets are starting to flood as we get closer to high tide. it's likely that we're going to see flooding in this area. we'll go inside where it's safer. in that situation i will see what is going on, and figure out what the next step is going to be. >> cenk: you're looking at the citizen journalist we've used before. he's now in new york. you're seeing pictures of flooding in new york. this has just barely made landfall in new jersey. unfortunately, we also have our first fatality in queens. we had one in maryland. this was a fallen tree because of a storm. now another fatality in queens. that's the update on the storm. now let's turn to the campaign again. they endorse mitt romney. what on god's green earth were they thinking? their editor rick green was talking on msnbc and he had this explanation. >> there seems to be a gri
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why is he flip-flopping and speaker boehner not flip-flopping. >> i think speaker boehner is flip-flopping because he doesn't control his own conference. he's subject to pressure from the far right wing of his party which doesn't care about the deficit. all they care about is shrinking the federal government so as grover norquist said, it could fit in the bathtub. they don't want social security. they don't want medicare or the government to do all of these things that they started doing the last 75 or 80 years. they want to use this as blackmail to get congress and the president to do things they would never do on the merits. >> eliot: your bill will not make it through the house given the current control of the house. last year, the white house made i think what all of us agree is an egregious tactical and strategic error in not negotiating the debt ceiling increase as part of the budget deal. will they make the same mistake this time and isn't it necessary they include the increase as part of what the speaker and the president agree to in the near term? >> the president has said he want
why is he flip-flopping and speaker boehner not flip-flopping. >> i think speaker boehner is flip-flopping because he doesn't control his own conference. he's subject to pressure from the far right wing of his party which doesn't care about the deficit. all they care about is shrinking the federal government so as grover norquist said, it could fit in the bathtub. they don't want social security. they don't want medicare or the government to do all of these things that they started doing...
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i wonder if they'll have john boehner there to tell them what to do. what the tree is all about. >> i hope not. >> bill: yeah. good job. jay carney will be there with -- i'll be there with a press briefing with jay carney at 11:30 this morning. congresswoman donna edwards from the state of maryland will be here at the top of the next hour in studio. then we'll be joined by michael lyndon from the center for american progress. they have their own plan to avoid going off the fiscal cliff. one more good hour coming up. stay with us. >> announcer: this is the "bill press show." [ ♪ theme ♪ ] >> bill: good morning friends and neighbors. what do you say? good to see you this morning welcome to the "full court press" here on current tv. coming to you live across this great land of ours. on current tv. and bringing you the news of the day. not only that, giving. >> chance to talk about it. sound off at 1-866-55-press. that is our toll free number and good news, good news, as of yesterday, the recreational use of marijuana is now legal in the states of colo
i wonder if they'll have john boehner there to tell them what to do. what the tree is all about. >> i hope not. >> bill: yeah. good job. jay carney will be there with -- i'll be there with a press briefing with jay carney at 11:30 this morning. congresswoman donna edwards from the state of maryland will be here at the top of the next hour in studio. then we'll be joined by michael lyndon from the center for american progress. they have their own plan to avoid going off the fiscal...
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remember, it was the first speech that john boehner made to the religious community when he was speaker. he said, you can't win the fight. we want to win the war on abortion. that's where the term of war on women's health came from. they were trying to talking about defund planned parenthooded and change the laws. they said they would do that soon. that's hr 3. that's when they said you can only get the morning after pill for forcible rape versus rape meaning if you were drugged--we have to understand where this is coming from. >> jennifer: it's very important to women. it's a party platform now. you have a major problem. you can't dissociate yourself now from a platform that everybody has voted on. >> i can dissociate myself. >> now you can't. ryan has dissociated himself. >> jennifer: ryan has supported that platform all the way through. >> onality a time. >> jennifer: you've been a great sport. >> they're going to change that platform and run it different. it matters for the supreme court. it matter what is mitt romney going to do when it comes to naming the supreme court justices. >
remember, it was the first speech that john boehner made to the religious community when he was speaker. he said, you can't win the fight. we want to win the war on abortion. that's where the term of war on women's health came from. they were trying to talking about defund planned parenthooded and change the laws. they said they would do that soon. that's hr 3. that's when they said you can only get the morning after pill for forcible rape versus rape meaning if you were drugged--we have to...
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i think john boehner has difficult task in selling that to his caucus and increasing the top rate. i think at the end of the day they know have to do it. the american people are there and are willing to accept an even desire seeing the top rate increase. tea party caucus, still a hard right that's against it. but i think he finds a way to sell that to them. so i think the answer to that question is yes. >> bill: before we move along the g.o.p. fire wall, you've reported really, there are more cracks in the fire wall every day. >> there are. some of them are on the senate side which is less of a problem i think. corker and some others who have been a little bit more moderate on the issue. you've seen a couple of cracks among house republicans cole and some others. it has been a little bit less -- more muted than the senate side but i think there's enough there that eventually they'll accept it. it is of course what they get in return. they're not going to come out and say okay, fine, we caved. we're allowing the top rates to go up until they've got something they believe they can ta
i think john boehner has difficult task in selling that to his caucus and increasing the top rate. i think at the end of the day they know have to do it. the american people are there and are willing to accept an even desire seeing the top rate increase. tea party caucus, still a hard right that's against it. but i think he finds a way to sell that to them. so i think the answer to that question is yes. >> bill: before we move along the g.o.p. fire wall, you've reported really, there are...
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john boehner odds are, is still likely to be speaker of the house. >> sure. >> eliot: in which case you will have a tough negotiation with him. can you pledge to the american people that you will stand rigid in opposing extension of the bush tax cuts for the wealthiest americans? >> the president's economic team knows they have a mountain to climb in front of them in terms of dealing with congress. the congressional leadership on the republican side came together the day the president was nominated and said we care more about score political points than working with this president. change comes by engaging people outside of washington, and putting pressure on the leakership in congress. so that's what we are going to do, and continue to do that, we hope the speaker and other republican leaders will come to the table. this is a time to get together sleeves, and continue to build off of the last four years. >> eliot: one area where there has been consistent criticism as been with respect to resolution of the mortgage crisis. the banks got a good deal, and yet at the same time there was no
john boehner odds are, is still likely to be speaker of the house. >> sure. >> eliot: in which case you will have a tough negotiation with him. can you pledge to the american people that you will stand rigid in opposing extension of the bush tax cuts for the wealthiest americans? >> the president's economic team knows they have a mountain to climb in front of them in terms of dealing with congress. the congressional leadership on the republican side came together the day the...